Founding Engineer; Full-Stack + Product

Position: Founding Engineer (Full-Stack + Product) - Fennec Vancouver, BC | Hybrid (2–3 days/week in office) 1 day every 1-2 weeks onsite with nightlife venues to learn real workflows, validate features, and ship whatactually works. Experience:7+ years About Fennec Nightlife runs on chaos, intuition, and outdated tools. We’re building the operating system that turns it into a repeatable, data-driven machine - without killing the vibe. Fennec is the platform for venues and event operators to run smarter: workflows, analytics, and AI agents that help teams move faster in real time. We: • Co-build with venues • Ship relentlessly • Obsess over what happens on a Friday night at 12:30am - not what looks good in a demo If you want comfort and “maybe later,” this isn’t it. If you want to build category-defining tech with direct customer feedback, keep reading. The Role This is atrue founding engineerseat. You’ll help shape: • Execution pace You’ll build end-to-end acrossweb, mobile, backend, and AI workflows, while leading a team of engineers to deliver consistently. You’ll also spend real time in venues - learning from operators and managers, and turning field reality into product advantage. What You’ll Do • Own product execution with founders: scope, prioritize, and drive roadmap outcomes • Work directly with customers: observe venue operations, test flows live, and ship improvements fast • Lead engineering delivery: manage and mentor10+ developers, set standards, unblock teams • Build quality into everything: automated testing, CI/CD, end-to-end coverage, production reliability • Design high-velocity user flows with strong UX instincts and ruthless clarity • Use AI to move faster: development, debugging, test generation, and automation Frontend:Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS PM Tooling:JIRA What We’re Looking For Must-haves • 7+ years building production software (full-stack preferred) • Experience leading and managing10+ developers • Strong backend fundamentals: APIs, databases, scalability, clean architecture • Proven track record with testing (unit, integration, E2E) and CI/CD • Comfortable running delivery with JIRA: sprints, grooming, releases, stakeholder alignment • Fast learner with high ownership • Genuinely excited about nightlife / entertainment tech • Built workflow-heavy products (POS, payments, ticketing, ops tools, logistics, marketplaces) • Startup experience (0→1 or early scale) • Strong product instincts - you turn messy input into clean execution How You Work • Thinks in systems and customer journeys, not just tickets • Comfortable being in the arena — loud venues, real constraints, real operators • Builds the solution, then improves the process so the team moves faster next week Why This Role Is Different • Help define the category, not just join one • Direct feedback loop - see your work used live, fast • High autonomy, high trust, high expectations • Real ownership over product, engineering, and how we win Compensation • Full Time Salary, Dental and Health Insurance and Equity • Access to venues, events, and artist relations • Travel paid for (venue visits, operator sessions) • 24/7 office access - games, gym, snacks, drinks • 2 weeks “work from any timezone” per year Apply - Email with: • Your resume • A short note answering: • One product you built end-to-end that you’re proud of (and what you’d improve today) • A time you led a team through a hard delivery • Why nightlife / entertainment tech is your kind of problem #J-18808-Ljbffr